I am pleased to share the news that our son Madan Babu Mohan has been elected as the Fellow of Royal Society this year (2023).
Thank you for your continued support and friendship.
With regards -- HR Mohan
Announcement & Press Releases
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Dr Madan Babu Mohan FMedSci FRS
Member, Endowed Chair and Director, Center of Excellence for Data Driven Discovery, Department of Structural Biology, St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, United States
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Excerpts from the announcement from the Royal Society is provided below:
Exceptional scientists elected as Fellows of the Royal Society
Eighty outstanding researchers, innovators and communicators from around the world have been elected as the newest Fellows of the Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of sciences and the oldest science academy in continuous existence.
They have been selected for their substantial contribution to the advancement of science.
This year sees 59 Fellows, 19 Foreign Members and two Honorary Fellows elected, reflecting changes introduced in 2023 which increased the maximum number who can be elected. This will help create a broader and more engaged Fellowship and support the Society’s mission of championing excellence in research and science for the benefit of humanity.
According to Sir Adrian Smith, President of the Royal Society,
"These individuals have pushed forward the boundaries of their respective fields and had a beneficial influence on the world beyond.
They are pioneering scientists and innovators from around the world who have confounded expectations and transformed our thinking.
This year’s intake have already achieved incredible things, and I have no doubt that they will continue to do so.
Announcement of the Royal Society with full list of Fellows:
https://royalsociety.org/news/2023/05/new-fellows-2023/
Press Release from St Jude Children's Research Hospital:
St. Jude scientist M. Madan Babu elected to the Royal Society of London
Director of the Center of Excellence for Data-Driven Discovery at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital named a fellow of the elite 360-year-old British scientific organization.The Royal Society is the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence.
Babu was selected to join the Royal Society for his pioneering data science-based strategies to reveal fundamental principles in biological systems. His scientific accomplishments include determining the molecular mechanisms governing G-protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) signaling, uncovering the roles of disordered protein regions in biology and disease, and establishing genome-scale principles of gene regulation.
One-third of all Food and Drug Administration-approved drugs target GPCRs, membrane proteins found on the surface of cells. Babu’s work has shown how genetic and isoform variability of GPCRs can influence drug responses. His most recent work investigated how GPCR selectivity for G-proteins is determined. Understanding this family of proteins is of tremendous interest to the development of novel therapeutics.
“I am honored for our work to receive this recognition,” Babu said. “The science we have achieved is possible because of long-term support for fundamental research and the collaborative environment at St. Jude and the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, England. I am grateful for the many contributions of my past and current colleagues, as well as my mentors and family.”
"Dr. Babu’s election to the Royal Society is well-earned, and we are all honored to call him a colleague,” said James R. Downing, M.D., president and CEO of St. Jude. “His investigations of GPCRs have the potential to have profound implications for pharmaceutical development. Through these discoveries, we can advance cures for pediatric cancer and other catastrophic diseases.”
Babu joined the faculty of St. Jude in 2020, following a 14-year tenure as a program leader at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, England. He earned his Ph.D. in computational genomics from Cambridge University and his undergraduate degree from Anna University, Chennai, India. Babu completed a postdoctoral fellowship with the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
About Madan:
https://www.stjude.org/directory/b/madan-babu.html
About Madan's research group:
https://www.stjude.org/research/labs/babu-lab.html
LinkedIn Profile:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/m-madan-babu-b630a66
